Cardiff Personal Injury Blog

Swindon man wins £4million in compensation after car accident

Posted: October 31, 2014

Posted in: Car Accidents Head & Brain Injuries Road Traffic Accidents 

A man from Swindon has been awarded £4million in compensation after a serious car crash left him “too angry to work”. Paul Vallance from Baydon, near Malborough, suffered a severe brain injury in a car accident in 2006.  At the time of the accident doctors were unaware of the severity of the damage, but a […]

Health staff suspended following care concerns

Posted: October 29, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

Medical staff at the mental health ward at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Denbighshire have been suspended following a recent inquiry. Concerns about the care provided in the Tawel Fan ward were raised in December of last year, and has been closed since. A total of eight nurses were suspended from their positions, with a further […]

Child death following ambulance delay

Posted: October 24, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

After a three-year-old girl died of respiratory problems following a house fire, her family have demanded answers as to why an ambulance did not arrive sooner. The fire broke out in the family’s home in Bryn Gorwel in Carmarthen on the 15th of July. 3-year-old Angel Smith’s parents both survived the accident, after Mrs Smith was rescued […]

Hepatitis-A outbreak in Cardiff Schools

Posted: October 11, 2014

Posted in: Public Place Accidents School Accidents 

Three children in Cardiff have been diagnosed with Hepatitis A over the last week, despite having all gone to different schools. Public Health Wales is currently investigating the outbreak with concerns that others could potentially be affected. Health officials believe that one of the infected children contracted the virus outside of the UK. Hepatitis A […]

Expectant mother sent home “in agony”

Posted: October 4, 2014

Posted in: Birth Injury Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A mother-to-be was sent home from hospital “in agony” only a couple of days before her baby died.  Amanda Skyes had been rushed into hospital during labour, but was told by doctors that she could not be induced, as she was not ten days over her due date.  Ms Skyes said in a statement that […]

Patient died after care home scalding

Posted: September 28, 2014

Posted in: Arm Injury Leg Injuries Medical Negligence Wrongful & Accidental Death 

A patient at a care home in North East Wales died in 2012 after being lowered into a scalding bath. 88-year-old Beatrice Morgan, a former nurse herself, had been staying at the Greencroft Residential Home when the accident happened. She suffered severe burns to 18% of her body at the care home in Deeside. She […]

Surfer suffers serious brain injury

Posted: September 25, 2014

Posted in: Head & Brain Injuries Public Place Accidents Sporting Injuries 

One of Britain’s top female surfers suffered a life-threatening brain injury in 2008 and continues to battle for compensation.  22-year-old Gwen Spurlock had been testing a new wave simulator at a Swansea leisure centre when the accident happened.  She received compensation from the leisure company but is still fighting to win compensation from the simulator-providers. […]

Walker falls 20ft due to loose rock

Posted: September 20, 2014

Posted in: Head & Brain Injuries Leg Injuries Public Place Accidents 

Loose rocks have been recognised by a mountain rescue worker as an increasing problem on Snowdonia’s peaks as yet another walker has fallen as result of them. The man had been walking at the base of Tryfan’s North Ridge when a rock that he had been holding on to gave way, causing him to fall […]

Ambulance station cleanliness criticised

Posted: August 30, 2014

Posted in: Medical Negligence 

A recent inspection of Cwmbwrla Ambulance Station reported that it required a deep clean at the very least. The condition of the station was criticised by members of the health watchdog Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Community Health Council, branding the station as “poor” and in need of a “deep clean”. The inspectors’ findings were raised in […]

Drivers that hit motorbikers to face harsher penalties

Posted: August 28, 2014

Posted in: Motorcycle Accidents Road Traffic Accidents 

A man from Pembrey has called for more to be done to protect motorcyclists on the roads. Gareth Budding, of Maes Y Capel, has called for motorists to receive harsher penalties for injuring, or killing, motorcyclists because they simply “didn’t see them”. Having ridden motorbikes for the last sixteen years, Mr Budding decided that something […]